Based on the number of complaints I guess I've been lucky but I've owned four of them in different sizes since 1995 with no problems and I see a lot of old Trackers on the water. I agree with the theory that it seems there's more unhappy Tracker owners because they sell a lot of boats and with the higher volume there's more chances for some boats to have defects. On the other hand there seem to be more complaints that sound valid than there ought to be.